Give bank tax cuts to victims of misconduct: Hanson

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wants any corporate tax cuts due to the big banks to go into a fund for victims of bank misconduct.

Pauline Hanson says any corporate tax cuts shouldn't go to the banks.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson Source: AAP

Pauline Hanson is demanding the money from corporate tax cuts due to the big banks be set aside for victims of their misconduct.

The One Nation leader wants the banks to lose the tax relief following their "inexcusable" behaviour exposed at the financial services royal commission.

"I would like to see the money quarantined from the company tax cuts," she told the Seven Network on Monday.

"That the money is actually paid back to those people who have suffered at the hands of the banks."

Senator Hanson also believes the fund should be used to ensure the stability of the financial system - "so if the banks crash, it's not the taxpayers who are picking up the costs again" - and the banks themselves should cover the cost of the royal commission.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wouldn't be drawn on her calls.

"Where banks have done the wrong thing they must pay compensation," Mr Turnbull told reporters in Germany.

Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer on Sunday argued the banks should not be quarantined from getting the government's planned business tax cut, insisting it's not a "morality tax".

But like fellow crossbencher Senator Hanson, Senator Derryn Hinch says the banks should not be rewarded for their bad behaviour.

Senator Hinch, whose support the government needs to pass the reduction in the corporate tax rate, is sticking to his guns.

He says he will support tax cuts for companies with a turnover of up to $500 million - like the Senate did for firms with a turnover of up to $50 million last year.

"But will not reward corrupt banks being exposed daily in the royal commission. That is a pledge," he said in a tweet on Sunday.

The government delayed putting its legislation to a vote in the upper house just before Easter, admitting it didn't have the numbers.


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